Ironing cord holder



April 1 J. A. SNODGRASS IRONING CORD HOLDER Filed Jan. 21, 1947 cord.

Patented Apr. 17, 1951 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 3 IRONING CORD HOLDER John A. Snodgrass, Prescott, Ark. Application January 21, 1947, Serial No. 723,428 2 Claims. (c1. z4s 51) 1,. The invention relates to improvements in ironing cord holders.

The primary object of the invention is to provide a simple and inexpensive device of the character described for use with electric irons for pressing clothes and the like, which device -will prevent the ironing cord from contacting and soiling the clothes on the board.

Another object of'the invention is to provide means to prevent the ironing cord from drag-- 'ging, wrinkling, wearing and tearing the clothes being ironed. A

'A further object of the invention is to provide means to prevent the ironing cord from becoming worn and frayed by contacting the clothes and the ironing board.

1 'A further object of the invention is to provide means for supporting a cord so that the iron may be used freely in any position on the ironing board without interference from the ironing Another object of the invention is to provide means for attaching the holder to or detaching the same from an ironing board or other support without the use of tools of any kind.

A further object of theinvention is to provide an improved bracket which may be attached to the ironing board or other support to provide means for detachably connecting a steel rod which forms a part of the ironing cord supporting device.

A further object of theinvention is to provide an improved iron holder and bracket base of such character as to prevent heat from the iron from burning the ironing board or cover therefor.

A further object of the invention is to provide a combined iron holder and bracket base having a plurality of openings so arranged that the combined iron holder and bracket base may be fitted to the top of the board near the large end of the board and used for attaching a cord holder which may be used for either a righthanded or a lefthanded'worker.

Another object of theinvention is to provide a combined iron holder and bracket base fitted low down from the top of the board so that the upper part will not interfere when a built-in type of board is swung back into the cabinet.

Other objects of the invention will be apparent from a consideration of the accompanying draw! ings and the following detailed description.

In the drawings:

Fig. 1 is a side elevationshowing the improved ironing cord holder in use;

Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the same;

Figs. 3 and 4 are detail views showing the combined iron holder and bracket mounted for the use of a right-handed worker.

Referring to-the drawings, reference numeral l0 denotes the top of an ironing board of any suitable construction. The reference numeral ll denotes a suitable electric iron fitted .with a cord l2 supplied from a wall plug or other source of current.

An iron support l3 may be secured to the top of the ironing board near the larger end thereof by means of suitable screws IA. The iron holder may be formed of sheet metal or other suitable construction having a low rim around the top thereof to retain the iron, and being provided with one or more sheets of asbestos below the 'metal sheet so as to provide insulation to prevent the heat from the hot iron from setting fire to the covering and padding with which the ironing board may be equipped. Projecting laterally from the body portion of the iron holder is a reduced bracket base or extension [5 having three openings therein, one located along the center line of the iron holder and the other two openings being spaced from the center line. The center line of the holder is parallel to the end of the ironing board. The combined iron holder and bracket base [3 may be secured to the top of the ironing board so as'to provide for either a right-handed or a left-handed worker, the position of the support being reversed for a righthanded worker as compared withthe mounting for a left-handed worker.

On the extension I5 of the combined iron holder and bracket base may be mounted a bracket l6 which provides a base for the improved cord holder and which facilitates attachment or detachment thereof. The bracket I6 is provided with a base plate I! fastened by means of the two screws [1 which attach the extension 15 of the'iron holder to the ironing board. The

v bracket I6 is designed to support a long metal rod [8 to which the ironing cord I2 is adapted to be supported by means of a chain l9 depending from the free end of the rod l8 in such a manner as to be out of the way of the operator. As shown the rod 18, when in working position, extends upwardly from the ironing board at an angle of about 45 to the vertical and outwardly from the board at an angle of about 30 to the side of the board. The bracket It may be mounted for either a right-handed or a lefthanded operator, to incline from one side or the other of the ironing board. and the screws l'l' are so arranged that the bracket 16 will be in proper position.

The rod 18 may be readily applied to or rethe outer end of the foot portion is a pintle -2'l bent at right angles to the plane formed by the rod [8 and the base or foot portion 20. This pintle is adapted to be received in a socket 22 formed in the bracket l6, which socket extends at an angle of about 30 to the end of the table. Along one edge of the bracket and at right angles to the socket 22 is an upright ledge 23 which coacts with the base or foot portion 26 to prevent accidental removal of the rod l8 except when said rod is raised to vertical position by swinging the same upwardly about the pintle 2| to clear the ledge 23.

The upper end of the rod [8 is bent to form a hook 24 which has an eye 25 adapted to receive a ring 26 to which is connected the chain [9 which depends from the rod. At the lower end of the chain I9 is a hook 28 adapted to engage an eye 29 in a clamp 30 embracing the ironing cord l2. The chain l9 normally remains with the rod 48 but the hook 28 at the lower end of the chain is adapted to be detached from the ironing cord clamp 39, which clamp normally remains with the ironing cord.

In operation it will be seen that the rod [8 extends upwardly and outwardly from the ironing board so as to sustain the ironing cord well out of the way of the operator. When it is desired to remove the rod it is only necessary to tilt the same about the pintle 2| to vertical position so that the foot portion clears the upstanding ledge 23 carried by the bracket 16, whereupon the pintle 21 may be readily removed from the socket 22.

Numerous modifications and variations in the invention may be resorted to without departing from the spirit of the invention.

I claim:

1. An ironing cord holder comprising a bracket having a flat plate portion adapted to be secured to a suitable base, a socket portion formed integral with the plate, and a ledge portion at right angles to the socket and spaced therefrom, a rod having a foot portion bent at an angle to the main portion of the rod and adapted to rest on said plate adjacent said ledge, and a pintle extending from the foot portion in a direction perpendicular to the plane of the rod and foot portion and being adapted to be detachably retained within said socket.

2. An ironing cord holder or the like comprising in combination a base, a unitary rod member adapted to be rigidly but detachably supported in inclined relation to the base with the remote end of the rod away from said base,said rod member being adapted to support an ironing cord or the like at the remote end and having at its opposite end an integral supporting foot portion with the inclined portion bent at an angle to the main portion of the rod member and having an integral pintle extending from the supporting foot portion in a direction perpendicular to the common plane of the foot portion and the outwardly projecting cord supporting rod portion and means on said base for detachably but rigidly supporting the rod member in said inclined position, comprising a socket portion adapted ,to receive and releasably retain said pintle, and a flat portion adjacent the socket portion providing a support for the foot portion of the rod member.

JOHN A. SNODGRASS.

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